Mervyn Hoe: My Daily Happenings

Now it's 5am and I just couldn't sleep. Wonder why. Suddenly I just realized that 2011 will soon end. Find that I need to enrich my own life as well as others. Volunteering --------------- In NUS, I have been actively participating in volunteering activities. However it got lesser and lesser when I am out in the work force. Is this common? I guess it's the change of priority and also I didn't include volunteering as part of an equation in my life. I have a few friends who are still actively volunteering such as Fred and Meitoon and really they squeeze out their time to cater to the kids. My boss has openly asked about people who are interested in volunteering in 2012 and there is actually a strong urge for me to join and also to tie in with my roots, NUS CSC... Because every year, they would actively do special projects and it's for the benefits of people. I should discuss more with Eve... Work --------- Happy to say that I have achieved what I have s...

My my!! We just calculated that from 2009 till now, we have paid a total interest of $20k for our house!! This is devastating.. This presses us on to even wanting to clear our house loan ASAP. Loans is such a terrible word.. People shouldn't keep scolding the F word, rather should scold this L word.. It is deadly. Imagine what I can do with this $20k!! Ha. All I want to do is to clear it and no one is stopping me. Once I get my title deed, I will make sure I laminate it!! Ha.. Really can't imagine those people who take up 20, 30 year loan.. It don't make any sense.. As the compounded interest loan can make up to 50% of their house price. This devastating fact is my motivation to down my L word ASAP..

Well from our bottom of our hearts, I feel that wedding dinners are really a waste of people's time and money. It's like every time I attend a wedding, it's just like following the motion, eg walk in, eating, video, champagne pop, photo taking. Are all these really that important and significant? And the food.. It's full of MSG and it starts so late. Just find that in our modern society, is it really crucial to carry out a wedding dinner? And when they start late, people would actually leave earlier before the wedding would end, and the amount of untouched food! Where would they go? Why can't they make it a simple affair? And come to think of it, is there a need to do those silly stunts just to get the bride? I mean it has been settled that they are going to get wedded already. I see them having to eat weird stuff, wearing weird clothes, dancing, and all these the bride didn't even get to see. What's the point in this? Can someone enlighten me... Imagi...

Well Josh has certainly increased his vocabulary alot!! And now he can say words like I am good I am Josh 不可以 Apple Orange Grapes Peach Daddy Mama Ma Gong Big Open Close Eeee Wei Bye bye Good night 暗暗 For songs, he will now sing the last few words such as 磨丽花.. The 花 word Majulah Singapura.. The ra word It's very fast, next month, he will be starting his class and really excited for him actually. Kate ........ Kate is growing and she really loves eye contact and that people actually speaks to her! And she will present you with a truthful and wide smile, which you can't afford not to feel happy about it!! She loves to bathe too and her favorite song is Hickory Dickory Dock. Now I'm more accustomed to her needs such as carrying her to sleep while outside, and even both Eve and I can change her swiftly from her soiled diapers!! Thank God .................... Didn't manage to blog these days but I will always remember that on 12Nov2011,...